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Original Movie: Aliens

[@Bulbman123]

And then Ripley, Newt, and Hicks went back to Earth, got a huge settlement from the company, and were a nice family... Bishop can come too, and they lived happily ever after... AND NOTHING ELSE!!

[@kingscorpion7346]

yep, that's the way it ends for me, too!

[@workingjoe178]

Yeah, i hope she's never gonna watch Alien 3

[@Paul_1971]

Boo hoo - another bunch of Alien 3 deniers - its been 38 years, get over it and let her make her own mind up on A3 & Resurrection

[@michaelweldon1127]

Allen’s that look like wieners who came from face huggers that look like who-hahs = off putting….. that’s what I took from this video 😁😁😁😁

[@shihonage]

@@Paul_1971 eat manure

[@keithklitses6433]

There is a special edition of the movie where you see the colony before it is overrun by the aliens and a few other segments which explains Ripley's feelings for Newt. Look it up when you get the chance!

[@highlander31527]

That was the first version I saw, on laserdisc, in the late 80s. I was confused at the missing scenes for years in other versions.

[@nickgjenkins]

But thank you for watching the theatrical cut. A much tighter film that I (personally) greatly prefer.

[@DerekHarrison-d5d]

The Special Edition tells you about Ripleys loss,and also about Newts loss.Much prefer the Special Edition.Plus those sentry gun scenes are bad ass!

[@Will-nn6ux]

I also prefer the theatrical edition. It's good to know Ripley's name and about her daughter from the Special Edition, but otherwise I just prefer the original. Didn't really like seeing the bits from before the colony was ruined for some reason.

[@nickgjenkins]

@@DerekHarrison-d5d I don't. I feel like the sentry guns slow things down, Hudson's painful rant on the drop ship is irritating in a way that feels accidental, and I much prefer seeing the aftermath of Hadley's Hope and Newt. It leaves a lot more to the imagination which I greatly appreciate.

[@TheMrBugio]

Viki, it wasn't a self destruct button. The whole station was powered up by a nuclear reactor and the cooling system was damaged by the fighting with no chanche of fixing it

[@tofton1977]

True, but that's actually the shuttle crash that had destroyed all the fail safe other that the emergency vent on the atmospheric processor.

[@nochannel1q2321]

@@tofton1977 But they discuss that Bishop calculates with the visible indicators how long it'll be until it detonates.

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@nochannel1q2321 after the crash, the shooting damaged the cooling system but the crash removed the failsafe.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

She doesn't pay attention.

[@i_love_rescue_animals]

@@MichaelJohnsonAzgard Yeah, she was talking through the part where Bishop was explaining when the power plant was going to blow.

[@johnbickle8457]

Fun Fact: Michael Biehn taught the two most badass women in SciFi how to fight. (Sarah Connors and Ellen Ripley)

[@JMUDoc]

Gorman was chosen to lead the mission precisely BECAUSE he was weak and ineffectual - the company WANTED the rescue team to be infected.

[@NefariousKoel]

Yep, and they wanted a noob in charge who the corporate guy there (Burke) could easily influence.

[@hollownation]

I would argue he was sent by the military because they assumed it was a downed radio and a waste of time

[@davidd.3555]

Not exactly, he was chosen bc he was inexperienced & therefore could easily be controlled or convinced to do what Burke wanted.

[@paulleemathes]

Bill Paxton: Only guy to fight Aliens, Terminators, and Predators.

[@DavidLender]

False. Lance Henrickson did as well. He was a cop in the original Terminator, he was in Aliens v Predator as Weyland when they went down to the pyramid in Antartica and fought the Predators (and Aliens) and he was in Aliens.

[@bellissimo4520]

..and die in every one of those movies...

[@zaqmackraken673]

Lance Henricksen also.

[@rasmuspedersen3563]

Well... He didnt exactly "fight" them did he?

[@tonygonzales3206]

Michael Biehn, only guy to fight terminators aliens, jedi and mandalorians.

[@chrissmalley83]

Lore has it that Paul Reiser's mom cheered when his character was killed.

[@snakeeyes5638]

Yup I read about that

[@bellissimo4520]

If that's true, kudos to him. It's probably not easy to play a slimy douchebag so convincingly that even your own mother hates him...

[@noone1704]

That's hilarious 😂😂

[@CalciumChief]

It was his sister and she punched him.

[@wackyvorlon]

Isn’t Paul Reiser the one who said that? He did a fantastic job at playing an enormous douchebag.

[@joek468]

Queen takes Bishop!

[@bellissimo4520]

🤣🤣😂😂 Well played, Sir, well played !

[@radwolf76]

My usual quip is "He's half the man he used to be." I like yours better.

[@Madbandit77]

There's also Frost gets burned.

[@tofton1977]

Nice!

[@joek468]

​@radwolf76 i can't take credit, I saw it on a t shirt. Of course I had to order it when I saw it

[@TheLiquidRemix]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1957">32:37</a> "She came down so elegantly" Well she WAS a Disney princess, technically.

[@rbrtck]

"Game over, man! Game over!" Could this possibly be more 1980s? 😂

[@GARYHODGKINSON]

Why was Gorman in charge? Precisely because he was so inexperienced, the company pulled strings, so there would be someone green in charge of the marines, so that Burke could run rings around him, then use him as a patsy if things went wrong.

[@ChrisReise]

Fun Fact: This was the only movie Carrie Henn (Newt) ever acted in. She is now a school teacher, but still joins the cast when they have public appearances. (ComicCon)

[@wackyvorlon]

There’s not many child actors who can pull off what she did. She delivered a really great performance.

[@o0pinkdino0o]

The scene where they find the colonists in the atmosphere processor lived in my nightmares for years as a kid. The concept of being immobilised in a wall, impregnated, then seeing your friends and family explode in agony, then feeling this thing growing inside of you... YUP ! Nightmare fuel. When I was in my 20s someone bought me an Alien Queen toy (with flapping wings), so I bought her a Barbie Princess outfit which fit perfectly !

[@PoeInTheDitch]

And they lived happily ever after, and no other movies were ever made.

[@LukeLovesRose]

That's how I remember it

[@charlesbarnes6912]

In the extended version the little girl Newt's family finds the alien ship and her dad gets the 1st face hugger😮

[@DerekHarrison-d5d]

Yeah,the Special Edition tells you about both Ripley and Newts losses,and you get to understand why Ripley is so protective of Newt,plus those sentry gun scenes are awesome.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

@@DerekHarrison-d5despecially as the guns run out of ammo but the xenos keep coming.

[@wackyvorlon]

I like the detail about Ripley’s loss, but showing the first facehugger makes it so the director’s cut doesn’t build the suspense as effectively. When the first thing you hear is that they lost contact with the colony, you fear they encountered the xenomorphs but there’s always this possibility that it’s just an extended transmitter failure. Without that possibility there just isn’t as much suspense.

[@skribblestyle]

Ripley going down the elevator, closing her eyes, rolling her neck, taking a deep breath, and putting her game face on, is absolutely seared in to my memory. I saw it almost 30 years ago and its still just as potent a shot. She's such a fucking badass.

[@mastrtonberry2]

100%

[@s1lm4r1l6]

The actor who played Burke took his mother to the premiere. She cheered when the Alien ended him.

[@bravo1495]

It wasn't a self destruct. When Vazquez and Drake began firing in the hive, the cooling system was ruptured, leading to a nuclear explosion

[@jonmercano1138]

The atmospheric processor was damaged from the drop ship crashing

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

@@jonmercano1138the drop ship crash destroys the link, stopping them from shutting down the reactor remotely

[@Smokie_666]

Correct, Bishop even says that the crash caused too much damage meaning the dropship crashing into the processor started a chain reaction of events it would lead to the explosion. It should also be noted that the Weyland yutani corporation doesn't have a strong history in the movies or books for building the most reliable structures and devices since they're a mega corporation, so I would guess that the failsafe on the processors is very minimal.

[@shawnmiller4781]

@@Smokie_666Not building the strongest structures? How very Boeing

[@OhnnyTsunami]

One of the best sequel movies, right up there with T2, Empire Strikes Back, & of course Shrek 2

[@truboddie3358]

And Predator 2

[@Emily-tb1cp]

Star Trek 2 🖖

[@NWAWskeptic]

Godfather 2

[@SurvivorBri]

​@@truboddie3358Pred 2 was stupid.

[@yourstruly4817]

Empire Strikes Back doesn't count as a sequel because it's a trilogy

[@crpgdungeonsdragonsnight]

I had heard a story that the scene where Newt slides down the chute, the young actress kept flubbing the scene so she could slide down over and over again until James Cameron caught on to what she was doing and told her that if she played the scene right, he'd let here play on the chute as much as she wanted for the rest of the day. So, she did, and he kept his promise.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

She also became good friends with one of the xenomorph actors. For the scene where she is in the water and the xeno takes her, they had to wait for the water to warm up, so the pair of them sat talking to each other.

[@alicestevens8291]

Quentin Tarantino talked recently about how he attended the premier and waited in a line that went around a block and down the street just to see this and how the audience was a madhouse. It seems so commonplace now and I never really thought about how epic sequels were only becoming a thing for people then. And I am a hundred percent certain this upped the game and we would not have epic sequels as they are now without it. This of course I think contributes to the legacy and hype this film carries with it. All these older generations that remember that experience. Another recent thing is Paul Reiser published a What If? comic about his character Carter Burke for Marvel Comics. I remember thinking about this when I first saw this movie. If you know your plot points you can see all the establishment and emphasis they put into the story about Burke surviving and then at some point he has an anticlimactic mostly off screen death. Apparently this was a last minute change where they just thought of an ending they liked more. Without spoiling this assuming he did survive fills in a lot of plot holes in the next film. Reiser like most actors cared deeply for his character and always wanted more for it and wanted to tell a story about it. Anyway it's a really good read. It deviates very far from the intended story but nonetheless you can see Reiser's passion in it and I think it's cool that he got to make it after all these years. Another good read is sort of a twisted but fun illustrated book called Jonesy: Nine Lives on the Nostromo. This tells the story of the first movie but through the perspective of the cat Jonesy. Worth reading too if you this stuff imo.

[@johnbickle8457]

The thing about this film is that Ripley never made it home for her daughter's birthday, in fact she didn't make it home for her daughter's life. Now she gets the chance to be mom again to newt.

[@P.HATHCOX]

Exactly because this is how the story ends. No need to look any further into it.

[@LeoBladini]

yeah, Alien 3 is not cannon. that never happened. the story ends here, and they lived happily ever after.

[@idiomatika]

"Maybe they don't kill kids". A xenomorph with a heart of gold!

[@tonydeluna8095]

Such a great sequel from the 80! James Cameron is one hell of a director

[@tonylakes3086]

The Special Edition is the best version of this film. Also watch the behind the scenes on these old films it's always amazing how they got these shots. Movie magic

[@fastertove]

Theatrical is a better version for first time viewers.

[@tomyoung9049]

Blast wasn't self destruct, the nuclear reactor power plant exploded after they broke the coolant. An incredible sequel

[@brom00]

V, if you take a gander at the art of H.R. Giger', the designer of the xenomorph, you will see he had a very unique style. Some of it a bit naughty in a biomechanical sense.

[@Cau_No]

Or watch "Species" next, he designed that one, too.

[@JoeCensored]

Vasquez is a badass. Fun fact, the actress was also the foster mom in T2.

[@thedukeofnuts]

Also appeared in Lethal Weapon 2 as a cop.

[@rbrtck]

The mother of the actor who played Burke actually cheered when that xenomorph got him. That's how much *everyone* hated Burke. 😂

[@TrentRushton]

If you watch the extended version you will see more about Ripley character

[@JoeCensored]

Glad you watched the theatrical release. The extended version adds some cool scenes, but wrecks the pacing, and gives away what happens to the colony early.

[@ChazUBCS]

wrong

[@fastertove]

correct

[@The-Real-aPOC]

There was no self-destruct button, the primary heat exchanger was damaged and caused the reactor to blow.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

She doesn't pay attention.

[@The-Real-aPOC]

@@MichaelJohnsonAzgard Yeah that seems to be her trade mark.

[@tofersiefken]

Mad About You (1992-1999), starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt, was a beloved show whose main characters were "couple goals" for many. How he was able to be such a slime-ball piece of garbage in this movie is a testament to his range.

[@rollmops7948]

Burke is in Aliens and "Stranger Things"......Winona Ryder is in "Alien 4" and in "Stranger Things".... Vasquez is in "Terminator 2" and in "Aliens"....Hicks is in "Terminator 1" and in "Aliens".... Hudson is in "Terminator 1" and in "Aliens" and in "Predator 2".... Bishop is in "Terminator 1" and in "Aliens" and "Alien 3" and "Alien vs Predator"

[@evanirvana500]

Hicks technically was in one scene in T2. Also Michael beihn (the actor playing these parts) also was in another alien (nothing to do with the alien franchise) movie,The Abyss. Excellent movie and another James Cameron where the real horror was filming it which Titanic actors would agree with their making of.

[@jamestreanor4361]

Vasquez, Bishop and Hudson are in Near Dark.

[@DylansPen]

"Maybe they'll raise Newt as one of their own." Newt becomes a feral.

[@Stoney_Snark]

LOL, “maybe they’ll raise her as their own”. The Xenomorphs might be great parents!

[@Prophaniti666]

"Maybe they'll raise her as one of their own." Everyone who read the Aliens: Labyrinth comics: "Ohhh, that might not be the better option..."

[@TrentRushton]

I heard there is a deleted scene in which Ripley going to rescue Newt, comes across Burke cocooned.

[@guitar_noodle]

If that’s true, I would’ve loved to see that!

[@miller-joel]

@@guitar_noodle It's not that great. And it doesn't make any sense, because the facehuggers put the host in a coma for several hours.

[@mccpcorn2000]

If such a scene exists it wasn't put in the special edition. It is in the novelisation though.

[@jhschmidMD4]

That was only in the novelization, though I think they may have filmed it too, but the footage was cut and lost.

[@TrentRushton]

@@mccpcorn2000 I remember seeing a still picture of the scene, and I heard if it was true it was decided not to proceed for timing because Kane in the first movie had that face hugger on him for some time.

[@gjhoward]

One of the best sequels ever. T2 and Aliens are in my top 10. James Cameron in his prime!

[@Miss_Kitty_82]

For me, Vasquez is right up there with Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor in the great female action heroes of the 80s. I was lucky enough to meet Jenette Goldstein a couple months ago where we discussed this, and then she told me that even after all these years, she and Mark Rolston (who played Drake in this movie) are still best friends, which I think is really sweet.

[@EntertainmentFan11]

"Game over, man! Game over!"

[@maarek71]

Almost 40 years later that line is still a meme.

[@Tigermania]

James Cameron the GOAT of sequel makers.

[@deanthemachine8879]

Honestly, I’d be interested to see him do another sequel like this of a series he didn’t start. His sequel work (Aliens, T2, & Avatar 2) all expand and in some ways elevate the source material. Unfortunately for this idea, I think he’ll be doing Avatars for the next 20 years

[@tofton1977]

Yeah, Gorman (the lieutenant) was commanding this mission despite his lack of experience, the Company (Weyland-Utani) WANTED this mission to fail expecting to bring back either a live face hugger or an inseminated human (that's what Burke tried to do with Ripley and Newt). About the queen taking the elevator, in fact the elevator is set by default to go back at ground level once he's called down, that's why Ripley has to call him when she try to escape from the queen.

[@evilalex87]

one of the best sequels ever

[@HistoritorJimaldus]

One of the best MOVIES ever ;)

[@ChrisReise]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1748">29:08</a> I love this non-verbal conversation between Ripley and the Queen.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

Ripley: “This is fire. Fire is bad.” Queen: “Got it. You two, back off, let them go.” Facehugger: “It’s my time!” Ripley: “Oh no you didn’t!” Queen: “Well shi-“

[@robertjohnson7877]

The movie was filmed in Briton. Carrie Henn (Newt) started reflexively picking up the accent late in the filming.

[@jhschmidMD4]

She was also living in Great Britain at the time she was cast, as her father, who was in the US Air Force, was stationed there.

[@RossIsFine]

Theres another version of this movie where it shows Newt and her family driving to the alien ship on company orders. So clearly Burke and his company wanted them all infected to have the aliens to themselves for study and war purposes.

[@deanthemachine8879]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1801">30:01</a> it’s therapy for Ripley. Imagine you have the one opportunity to actually confront and kick the shit out of the thing that has been terrifying you and haunting your nightmares

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Back when sequels were allowed to breathe. This one, terminator, og star wars, Indiana Jones

[@danmiller4064]

The spider is usually stuck on the cookie side that’s under the cream, the intestines seal the cookie and cream together. Open the cookie, scrape off the cream so you can check both sides, then reassemble. “ It’s the only way to be sure.”

[@LightWarriorK]

If you watch Alien 3, be sure to watch The Assembly Cut.

[@shihonage]

It's not a self-destruct button, it's a reactor blowing up because they damaged the cooling system.

[@rbrtck]

Yes, the Queen is more than smart enough to figure out how to operate an elevator.

[@mccpcorn2000]

The actress who plays Newt is Carrie Henn. Although she's American, as a child she was being raised in the UK, where Aliens was filmed. That might explain why Viki heard a slight British accent. Carrie is now 48.

[@miller-joel]

Ripley calls for both elevators. The queen just gets in the second one.

[@bmnbl]

She could have shot the queen but instead she chose to kill the eggs, flamethrower, tons of rounds and GRENADES!! :D

[@PB-Trinity]

Hi VKunia. If you check out Alien 3 later. Be sure to watch the Assembly Cut of the movie. It is 30 minutes longer than the theatrical release and way more superior.

[@kylebrooks338]

Fantastic way to start the day. Another favourite reactor watching aliens that I’ve seen soooo many times lol

[@scyphe]

The practical effects, models and aliens in this movie are amazing.

[@ChrisReise]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1922">32:02</a> It wasn't a self-destruct. The reactor went critical because all of the damage that was made when the Xenomorphs attacked the soldiers. Remember the thermal venting? Hicks asked Bishop "How long till it blows?"

[@rbrtck]

James Cameron designed the Queen himself, obviously based on the xenomorph design, and I heard that the original artist approved of his work. The Queen is operated by three puppeteers who are inside the huge costume. She's really, really big.

[@thamoose2179]

... And Yes, the Kid who played Newt (Carrie Henn) she was born in raised in England. Her dad's an American stationed in Great Britain her mom is English. And we learn to speak from our Moms

[@minnesotajones261]

One of the producers, David Giler, stated that Alien was the Haunted House and Aliens was the Roller Coaster.

[@tvdroid22]

Hicks went thru the window because he said, "Shoot it out!" That's why he was able to get thru the glass.

[@mltorrefranca]

A nice touch to show Bishop is actually looking out for their safety was when he was being sealed into the conduit. Just as they close up the hole, he says "Watch your fingers." It's a subtle touch that stuck with me.

[@ampjr99]

Fun fact the legendary Bill Paxton is the only actor to be killed by a alien, predator and terminator

[@radwolf76]

But finally he survived the Tornado in Twister. Took him a while, but he finally found an opponent he could best.

[@ampjr99]

@@radwolf76 lmfaoo and then sadly died again in club dread 😭 all jokes aside I loved bills movies RIP Bill Paxton

[@TheTrueFakir]

The actor playing Burke went to see to movie with his mother, his mother was happy when his character died :)

[@lobokurg2786]

From the golden age of good sequels. Hicks was also Reese in Terminator. He did a few more films before eventually taking a break from Hollywood. He would surface every 5 to 10 years or so, but generally erayed out of the spotlight despite these films making him a rock star.

[@trixmtll1393]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="387">6:27</a> when Bill Paxton's character asks to do the knife thing. the stunt man who performs the trick put his hand over Bill Paxton's hand to protect Bill's hand and does the trick without Bill knowing it was gonna happen in real life. Bill Paxton's reaction is genuine, because as far as he thought the man was supposed to do the trick to himself and not over Bill's hand. that must've been a scary experience lol.

[@robertspurgeon281]

Newt does randomly have a British accent because she was an US Air Force dependent growing up on an Air Force base in England when she was cast.

[@noah_ncl0223]

Best movie of the franchise and one of the best sequels ever made 🤩

[@roystoyscomics1361]

James Cameron of Terminator and Titanic fame was the director. Alien was made on a budget of 11 million dollars. Aliens on a budget of 18 million. So just about double. 😂 Egg > Facehugger > Chestburster > Drone (Xenomorph) one Xenomorph > Queen > Egg 😮 One of the more common theories is they use echolocation like a bar or pheromones.

[@deanthemachine8879]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="489">8:09</a> it actually didn’t surprisingly! Cameron was really good about keeping the $18.5 million budget under control from his time working on low budget movies. It made over $130 million so it paid off

[@robertjohnson7877]

The Queen using the elevator was a combo of 2 things going on. One the Xeno is a fast learner, she (queen) saw Reply use it and sused it out. Also, xeno's inherit some memories and knowledge from its host. So the queen would have some understanding on what an elevator doses.

[@rbrtck]

Actually, Hicks only made it through the "glass" (acrylic or polycarbonate plastic, most likely) because Hudson had shot it out first, as Hicks had told him to do. It happens really fast, but watch Hudson fire at the window immediately before Hicks launched himself. If he hadn't done that, then Hicks would have bounced off quite hilariously and painfully. Note also that Burke had removed Ripley's pulse rifle from the bed to outside of the room before he locked her and Newt inside.

[@redviper6805]

I actually met Carrie Henn (NEWT) last year at a sci-fi convention; days before Halloween. Wish I could share a picture. Got her autograph on my Aliens DVD. Aliens was her only movie. I was amazed that Bishop remained useful after ripped in half, unlike a certain gold droid in Empire Strikes Back. The actor who played him didn’t know how to read until he was 30 years old! What you perceived to be his ‘guts’ was actually wires, tubes, and hoses. I was ecstatic when the movie was mentioned in an Avengers film and the basis for a rescue plan! They even did a camera shot that was reminiscent of it. I wish you watched the Special Edition of Aliens. Do NOT bother with the remaining sequels. HUGE disappointments. Normally don’t bother with audio commentaries but I enjoyed the one with the director and cast

[@Cau_No]

Lance Henriksen (Bishop) probably didn't need much makeup, that's just the way he looks, he's very skinny. He also was originally intended to play the Terminator before Arnold grabbed that role, so he became one of the officers at the police station instead. He was also the lead on the TV show Millennium, which had a crossover with the X-Files after cancellation.(both made by Chris Carter)

[@TwentyFourthCenturyDreamer]

If you are going to watch Alien 3, I highly recommend you watch the 'Assembly Cut' (sometimes called the Special Edition). Most fans would agree that it's the better version.

[@parallaxnick637]

I wouldn't even call it a recommendation. The theatrical cut barely qualifies as a film.

[@davidanderson1639]

Fun Fact: Acton Power Station in west London doubled as the interior of the atmosphere processing station. When they went to film the Tim Burton adaptation of Batman, they found all of the Alien hive set still in place. Al Matthews who played Apone was a real veteran. He was the first black marine in the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam to be meritoriously promoted to the rank of sergeant. He also was awarded the Purple Heart twice; along with 13 other awards. His portrayal of Apone was the inspiration for Sgt. Avery Johnson in the Halo franchise. Also, during takes for the scene where Newt falls down the shaft, Carrie Henn kept messing up her takes in order to slide down multiple times. Also, if you watch carefully, part of the costume for Alien that takes Newt falls off. Please, please, please ignore what people say & make sure you watch the Assembly Cut of Alien 3 to round off the trilogy. Alien 3 is a masterpiece; albeit a flawed one, with some excellent performances (Sigourney Weaver, Charles Dance) & has divided fans since its release due to being so different to the previous two films. It had a very troubled production & was David Fincher’s debut. The Assembly Cut is as close to the directors vision as we’ll ever get; the studio interfered to the point where Fincher disowned the film. It was also the last film legendary cinematographer Jordan Crowneweth (Blade Runner) worked on; he left the project due to suffering with Parkinson’s. Carrie Henn who played Newt is now a teacher & regularly attends Aliens events

[@JMUDoc]

This was pretty much Carrie Henn's ONLY film. After this, she was a schoolteacher in Australia.

[@BenWillyums]

Fun fact about Burke: He's so terrible a character that during the premier, even his mom cheered when he got what he deserved.

[@ScottLahteine]

The trailers for this film made you want to drop everything and go see this absolute banger. And we did! Nine times that summer.

[@dklounge7082]

The late Bill Paxton is great as Hudson. There's a whole scene in the special edition where he's hyping himself up to Ripley as the "ultimate bada*s"

[@NWAWskeptic]

And as people always point out in these reactions; the only actor killed by an Alien, a Predator and a Terminator

[@christophercurtis4131]

One of my favorite movies; I was 15 the years this came out and absolutely loved it. It was awesome seeing Michael Biehn as Corporal Hicks in this after he played Reese in The Terminator. Three of the actors in the movie, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton and Jenette Goldstein would reunite for 1987's Near Dark, a vampire movie. Near Dark was the first movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow. Jenette Goldstein also had roles in Terminator 2 and Titanic. This was the only movie Carrie Henn, who played Newt, was in as she became a teacher. The cast and crew also threw a birthday party for her on the set. Sigourney Weaver was amazing in this film and I love the relationship between Ripley and Newt. The score for this film by the late James Horner was amazing. I love the music from this film.

[@sundayridetexas416]

As a random Texan on your comments and also one who feels bad for Xenomorphs because they are not inherently evil, rather just trying to survive, I want to take you on a date. But as that will never happen, I enjoyed the reaction.

[@tvdroid22]

The extended version had a section after Ripley was revived, where she learned about the life and death of her own child

[@redrobinxx9931]

Everytime I watch this I just think when the bishop death happens I remember my theater class someone yelled "Queen takes Bishop " which is funny as a chess move

[@CoffeeMatt10]

But no one ever says Queen takes Queen when Ripley dispatches the Queen-omorph (there’s a possibly I may have just come up with that… how do I patent it?) out of the airlock 😅

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

That you edited this - this short! Yet, amazing, honest, and fun reactions!!!

[@RedmoonIndustries]

At the red carpet event Paul Riser's (Burke) sister hit him for locking the door when he escaped the main room <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1467">24:27</a> and his mother cheered when he died. Carrie Henn (Newt) hasn't been on screen since this movie, she decided to become a teacher instead of an actress.

[@thoso1973]

A fusion reactor can't detonate like a thermonuclear bomb; if the cooling fails the reactor itself and fuel will simply vaporize or melt away. But Cameron knew that no one watching the finale knows this, nor would they care. 😅

[@CalciumChief]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="25">0:25</a> No, there isn't. There's only two Alien movies. Everyone agreed you could top this or reach this level, so it was left as it is to forever remain great and no one tried to milk with inferior follow-ups. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="123">2:03</a> Yeah, that's H. R. Giger for you. His whole art is sausages and peaches. He was drawing his nightmares. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="977">16:17</a> No, you just didn't have guns in first movie.

[@radwolf76]

It's a bit like Highlander in that regard. They made a movie with the tagline "There can be only one!" and then stuck with that philosophy.

[@tvdroid22]

It didn't have a self-destruct button. The fusion reactor blew up.

[@ChrisReise]

There is a deleted scene (not in special edition either) when Ripley is searching for Newt, she comes across Burke who has been cocooned and impregnated as he saying to her "Please Ripley, help me. I can feel it inside me." Ripley has enough heart to give him a handgun. As she's walking away, you hear a gunshot off-screen.

[@miller-joel]

No. She hands him a grenade.

[@wal6377]

Sigourney Weaver reportedly gained about 40 lbs towards the end of the movie because she had to carry Newt and the gun in the final weeks of filming.

[@Spencer_Beard]

"I bet it smells like silicone and misery" LOL!!!! l just picture a sweaty exotic dancer with big fakers, am I the only one who got that when V said this???

[@MartysRandomStuff]

Watched this opening weekend in a packed theater, still remember all the reactions of the audience.

[@rbrtck]

Hicks actually listened to Ripley and agreed. 😯 That's a first.

[@kevinlewallen4778]

"Game over!" Check out the SNL sketch "Alienses" from 1986 when Sigourney Weaver hosted. Dana Carvey did a great Hudson: "We're shredded wheat, man!"

[@herbertkeithmiller]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="221">3:41</a> I love that the dream sequence leaves you confused as to whether or not Ripley has actually been asleep for 57 years or is it just a dream? Because I imagine anyone going through this kind of experience would be feeling like, This can't be real maybe it's a dream. 😱

[@stubbystubby7177]

Every guy I went to high school with their bad ass woman crush was Ellen Ripley and Sarah Connor. In the 80's me and my dad saw the movie. When Ripley said get away from her you B word. The whole theatre erupted in screams and applause